Neuropsychiatrie de l'Enfance et de l'Adolescence
Volume 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-43

Impact of the maternal psychological disorders on the self-esteem of the teenagers in a context of immigration (comparative study of the iranian families in Sweden and in Iran) [Impact des troubles psychologiques maternels sur l'estime de soi des adolescents dans un contexte d'immigration (étude comparative des familles iraniennes en Suède et en Iran)] (Article)

Rezvannia P.*
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Abstract

Numerous are the studies which underlined the impact of the immigration on mental health of immigrants families. But those who were interested in the links between the mother's mental health and the self-esteem of their teenagers are rare. This study is going to compare two samples constituted by the Iranian families immigrated in Sweden and those stayed in Iran, to examine on one hand, the role of the immigration in the appearance of maternal psychological disturbances and on the other hand, underline the impact of maternal psychological disturbances on self-esteem of the teenagers in both concerned countries. The data shows no effect of maternal disorders on the adolescent's self-esteem in the sample in Sweden. But these same disturbances at the mothers in Iran have a negative impact on the self-esteem of adolescents. © 2003 Elsevier SAS. Tous droits réservés.

Author Keywords

Self-esteem Mental health Immigration Adolescence

Index Keywords

human female Sweden adolescence self esteem Iran Article mental disease mental health immigration

Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-1242270542&doi=10.1016%2fj.neurenf.2003.12.001&partnerID=40&md5=d424cbf76d9c48305546749129344c93

DOI: 10.1016/j.neurenf.2003.12.001
ISSN: 02229617
Cited by: 1
Original Language: French